Interview of professor Erik Fosse on National TV
The national borodcaster in Norway NRK has interviewed professor Erik Fosse, CEO of the Intervention Centre. The focus in the interview is new medical technology. In the program series titeled "Curiousness and Variety", NRK interviews leading researchers on cutting edge developments within their science domains. Professor Fosse has been leading The Intervention for more than 20 years, and in the interview he sums up new trends and talks about future research topics at the Intervention Centre. Click the image to see the interview (Norwegian text only).
The Intervention Centre receives ISO 9001 Certification by DNV GL
From February 13th 2017 the management system at The Intervention Centre has been found to conform to the Quality Management System standard ISO 9001:2015. The certificate was issued by DNV GL Business Assurance office at Høvik in Oslo, Norway. The certificate is valid for the following scope: Clinical, preclinical and technological research, development and testing of future treatment methods, technologies and organization, and also management of advanced treatment suites. The certificate is valid until February 13th 2020. The Intervention Centre has focused sytematically on the improvement of the management system and implementation of a complete quality system to obtain the certification of the activities taking place at the centre.
Oslo University Hospital and Sopra Steria win the Microsoft 2017 Health Innovation Award
A group of researchers at the Intervention Centre Oslo University Hospital and Sopra Steria win the Microsoft 2017 Health
Innovation Award for bringing Microsoft HoloLens technology into the
operating theatre. The award was handed out during HIMSS 2017. A Sugical Navigation system developed at the Intervension Centre has been implemented on the HoloLens platform from Microsoft in collaboration with Sopra Steria. The goal is to improve surgery of liver cancer and
heart deformities by visualizing the existing 3D model of the actual
organ in Microsoft Hololens. The system is also used by cardiologists involved in treatment of congenital heart disease. Read more on our Twitter account @InterventionCen. Click the image for a YouTube video describing the project.
Ralf Greisiger new PhD on Objective Measurements and Cochlear Implants Imaging
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n 19. des. 2016 Dipl.ing. Ralf Greisiger at the Department of Informatics defended his Thesis in a dissertation for the degree of Ph.D with the title Objective Measurements and Cochlear Implants Imaging. The PhD thesis from Ralf Greisiger investigated objective measurements and imaging of Cochlear Implants (CI). Since 1997 he has been working with CI patients in an effort to improve patient speech perception outcomes. A CI is a device implanted in the head which allows deaf or partly deaf people to hear by stimulating the inner ear electrically. The studies were carried out at Oslo University Hospital – Rikshospitalet, which has the national responsibility for all deaf children in Norway. Each year 20-30 children are born deaf in Norway. Also, some children and adults lose their hearing progressively. Every year, approximately 125 adults and children receive a CI at Rikshospitalet.
Jo Eidet new PhD on Left Ventricular Function during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The Impact of Tissue Doppler Imaging
On December 2nd 2016 Jo Eidet MD defended his thesis on Left Ventricular Function during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The Impact of Tissue Doppler Imaging at Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo. Topic for the trial lecture was Aortic Valve Disease — Causes and Symptoms — Diagnosis and Treatment Options. 1. opponent was Overlege Peter Juhl-Olsen, Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Aarhus universitetssykehus, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark, 2. opponent was Overlege Terje Steigen, Hjerte- og lungeklinikken, Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF, Tromsø, Norway and 3. member of the committee was Professor II Harriet Akre, Øre-, nese-, halsklinikken, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Professor Ilangko Balasingham has been appointed as Professor at the Frontier Institute of ICT
Professor Ilangko Balasingham has been appointed as
Professor at the Frontier Institute of ICT by the President of Nagoya Institute
of Technology in Japan for 2016/2017. His position belongs to the
"International Joint Research on Social Life Systems".
Trygve Kjelsturp new PhD on Axillary Block Technique
On 15th November 2016 Trygve Kjelstrup MD defended his thesis on "Evaluation of a Multiple Injection axillary Block Technique by Clinical Assessment and MRI" at Institute for Clinical Medicine Faculty of Medicine *University of Oslo. Topic for the trial lecture was "Overview of regional anethesia approaches, effec and safety". On the picture from left professor Per Kristian Hol, professor Øivind Klaastad, 2. opponent Gunnvald Kvarstein MD, PhD, professor Ellen-Cecilie Treu røe, Trygve Kjelstrup MD, PhD, 1. opponent professor Yavuz Gurkan and Axel Sauter MED, PhD.
Lars-Erik Solberg new Phd on Radar based central blood pressure estimation
On October 10th 2016 Lars Erik Solberg defended his thesis at Institute of Clinical Medicine at Faculty of Medicine at University of Oslo. The topc for the thesis was "Radar based central blood pressure estimation". The topic for the trial lecture was "Image guided and functional medicine today and tomorrow". On the picture from left: professor Erik Fosse, 2. opponent professor Anders Persson, Lars Erik Solberg PhD, 1. opponent Egil Eide and professor Ilangko Balasingham.
Wasim Zahid new PhD on Myocardial function by echocardiography for risk stratification in patients with heart disease
On October 6th 2016 Wasim Zahid, MD defended his thesis at Institute of Clinical Medicine at Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo. The topic was "Myocardial function by echocardiography for risk stratification in patients with heart disease". The trial lecture topic was "The prognostic and diagnostic value of troponins in acute and stable coronary heart disease". On the picture from left: 2. opponent professor Henrik Schimmer, 1. opponent professor Leila Elif Sade, dr Wasim Zahid, professor Thor Edvardsen and professor Erik Fosse.
Professor Bjorn Edwin in Russian Master Class in Kazan
Professor Bjorn Edwin from The Intervention Centre participated in a Master Class on Laparoscopic surgery for liver metastasis from colo- rectal cancer in Kazan, the capitol of Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The event was presented in a News-program on Russian television. Professor Edwin also participated in a live expert panel where patients could call and ask questions.
Runner-up for the EACTS Techno College Innovation Award 2016 from The Intervention Centre
Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Techno College Innovation Award! The 2016 winner was Dr Maximillian Kûtting for his work with a novel transcatheter prothesis for the treatment of severe and massive tricuspid valve insufficiency. He was joined by runners-up Dr Johannes Holfeld and Itai Schalit (pictured left). Itai Schalit's work originates from collaboration with Dr Per Steinar Halvorsen at The Intervention Centre. Link to EACTS Daily News where the article Accurate real-time detection of VAD thrombosis and thromboembolic events using an accelerometer is published on page 4.
U.S. Ambassador to Norway visit at The Intervention Centre
The U.S. Ambassador to Norway Samuel D Heins visited The Intervention Centre with a delegation from U.S: Commercial Service at the Embassy of the United States of America and representatives from Oslo Medtech. The ambassador was shown the high tech hybrid operating rooms at the Centre, and tried the HoloLens preoperative surgical planning system under development in a project between Microsoft, Sopra Steria and The Intervention Centre. Ambassador Heins expressed an ambition to support collaboration between Amarican and Norwegian actors within healthcare. The U.S. Commercial Service at the United States of America Department of Commerce works actively to strengthen trade and commercial activites between the two countries.
3D Surgical Planning project with Hololens
Surgeons and technology experts at the Intervention Centre collaborate with programmers and experts from the consulting firm Sopra Steria in a project for 3D guided imaging displayed on the HoloLens platform from Microsoft. A system for pre-operative surgical planning and intra-operative navigation developed by researchers at The Intervention Centre has been implemented on HoloLens. On the image professor Bjørn Edwin assesses a virtual segmented 3D liver hologram with vessels and the central cancer tumor. The early phase project result was presented in the evening news by the national Norwegian broadcaster NRK. The project goal is to continue to develop the system and evaluate potential clinical applications.
Hipernav- new EU-ITN project coordinated by The Intervention Centre
The Intervention Centre at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet is granted approximately NOK 40 mill. for the project HiPerNav (High Performance Soft-tissue Navigation). The project, that will be running for 4 years, is coordinated by Ole Jakob Elle head of Technology Research at The Intervention Centre and associate professor at Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. The consortium consists of 14 participating organisations from leading European universities, hospitals and industry which through the education of 16 PhD’s will develop the navigation systems of the future for the improvement of liver surgery. In addition to Oslo University Hospital which coordinate the project, Sintef and NTNU is project partners on the Norwegian side. The other European beneficiaries and partner organisations are University of Bern, Cascination, Inselspital-Stiftung, University of Delft, University of Cordoba, University Paris 13, INRIA, Siemens, NVIDIA, Innovasjon Norge and Yes!Delft. The project will develop new technological solutions that intend to simplify and improve accuracy in surgical navigation, which will be clinically validated at The Intervention Centre by surgeon Bjørn Edwin and at the hospital Inselspital-Stiftung in Bern. NorMIT’s research platform for surgical navigation, financed through the Large-Scale Research Infrastructure funding from the Norwegian Research Council, will be used in parallel with the integration of the new methods into a clinical product through the industrial partner Cascination. Picture: HiPerNav coordinator Assosciate Professor Ole Jakob Elle flanked by Professor Per Kristian Hol (left) and Professor Bjørn Edwin (right)
MedTech Test Facility
Visit the web page of the MedTech Test Facility at Oslo University Hospital. The Test Facility is a professional gateway for companies with new high tech equipment in need for early phase clinical trials.
Oslo Medtech
The Intervention Centre and Oslo University Hospital are founding members of Oslo Medtech, and work actively with Oslo Medtech to develop medtech industry in Norway.
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